List of Music Festivals

Jerry, I am passing on this Huge List of Music Festivals

 

We get a ton of questions about music festivals going on throughout the US and abroad that we thought we would take a minute out and write a quick article about music festivals and also list a few of the festivals we know of going on throughout the year. 

As an up and coming act, playing music festivals is 100% in your best interest. Festival venues are usually style specific with the music that they feature so for acts that don’t have a huge fan-base, it’s a great opportunity for them to connect with new fans that like and support the style of music that they do. Take a look through this list of 50 festivals going on and see if there are any in your area that you could connect with and possible play at. To get more specific information an each festival just copy and paste the name into google and their site should come right up.  

Good luck!

1. Name                                    Location                                        Date
2. 80/35 Music Festival            Des Moines, Iowa                            July 2-3
3. 93.5 KDAY’s Fresh Fest ’11  Nokia Theatre Los Angeles                    Sept 24th
4. 94.5 Country Stampede          Manhattan, Kansas                         June 23-26
5. Adams Avenue Street Fair      San Diego                                  Sept 24 & 25
6. Ann Arbor Folk Festival            Ann Arbor, Michigan                          Jan 27-28
7. Appel Farm                         Salem County, New Jersey                 6/2/2012
8. Artscape                          Baltimore, MD
9. Athfest                                   Athens, GA                                     June 20-24
10. Atlanta Dogwood Festival       Atlanta, GA                                      April 20-22
11. Atlanta Jazz Festival           Atlanta, GA                                       May 26-28
12. Audiotistic                         Los Angeles, CA
13. Austin City Limits             Austin, TX                                       Oct. 12-14
14. Bass Island                          New York City                                                 8/13
15. BayFest                         Mobile, AL                                           Oct. 2-7
16. Beale Street Music Festival    Memphis                                           May 4-6
17. Bele Chere                         Asheville, NC                                         July 29-31
18. Belgium R&B Festival           Peer, Belgium                                         July 13-15
19. Beloit Riverfest             Beloit, WI                                  Not yet posted
20. Bestival                          Isle of Wight, UK                              Sept 8 -1
21. Big Spring Jam            Huntsville, Alabama                          Sept. 23-24
22. International Jazz Festival     Birmingham, England                      Not yet posted
23. Blind Willie Blues Festival      Thomson, GA                                  Not yet posted
24. Blistered Fingers             Litchfield, Maine                      Not yet posted
25. Bloomin Barbeque & Bluegrass Sevierville, Tennessee                May 18-19
26. Blue Balls Festival             Zurich, Switzerland                             July 20-28
27. Bluegrass & BBQ             Branson, Missouri                   May 10 - June 3
28. Bonnaroo Music Festival        Manchester, Tennessee                  June 7-10
29. Bumbershoot                         Seattle, Washington                                Sept 3-5
30. Camp Bisco                          Pattersonville, NY                               July 7,8,9
31. Cheltenham Festivals          Cheltenham, England
32. CMJ                                     New York                                          Oct 18-22
33. Coachella                         Indio, CA                     April 15-13 & April 20-22
34. Country Stampede Music Festival Manhattan, Kansas last weekend in June
35. Culture Collide Festival  Los Angeles, CA                                   Oct. 5-9
36. Decibel Festival              Seattle, WA                              Sept. 28- Oct. 2nd
37. DeLuna Fest                         Pensacola, FL                                  October 13 - 16
38. Detroit Electronic Music Festival  Detroit, Michigan          Memorial Day weekend
39. Dillo Day                           Northwestern University                    5/28/2011
40. Doheny Days                         Dana Point, CA                              Sept 10th & 11th
41. E.T.D. Pop                         San Francisco                                              May 29th
42. Eagle Rock Music Festival Eagle Rock, CA                                     Oct 6th
43. Electric Daisy Carnival  Las Vegas, NV                    Jun.8th-10th.2012
44. Electric Forest                         Rothbury, Michigan              June 28 – July 1, 2012
45. Electric Zoo                         NYC, NY                    Labor Day Weekend 2012
46. Forecastle Festival              Louisville, Kentucky                                  July 13-15
47. Free Press Summer Fest Houston, Texas                                    June 2-3
48. Fuck yeah fest                         Los Angeles, CA                                  Labor Day
49. Fun Fun Fun Festivals Austin TX Nov
50. Harmony Festival Santa Rosa CA Jun 10-12